The SYLVAN LAKE ACE Committee handed out grants to local organizations and schools this month for projects aimed towards growing food and involving the community. Seven different groups received $1000 grants during the recent Growing Green Neighbours Community Supper.
The committee decided to use their $10,000 seed money for community projects that included food and gardening as well as featured an educational component. Each project receiving the funding from the Sylvan Lake ACE Committee had to involve teaching community members about food security, healthy eating and life skills.
Projects ranged from teaching school children about gardening and growing berry patches to one project that saw a school turn their outdoor courtyard into an outdoor classroom garden. The aim of the whole project is active sustainability and building food security structures within the community.
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